pecul

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pecul - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pecul \Pec"ul\, n.
     See Picul.
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  Picul \Pic"ul\, n. [Jav. & Malay pikul, fr. pikul to carry on
     the back, to carry a burden; n., a man's burden.]
     A commercial weight varying in different countries and for
     different commodities. In Borneo it is 1355/8 lbs.; in China
     and Sumatra, 1331/2 lbs.; in Japan, 1331/3 lbs.; but
     sometimes 130 lbs., etc. Called also, by the Chinese, tan.
     [Written also pecul, and pecal.]
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